ACLU to county attorney: Drop policy on same-sex adoptions

PHOENIX (AP) — A civil rights group says Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery's refusal to help married same-sex couples with adoptions must be rescinded or they will sue.

The American Civil Liberties Union of Arizona sent Montgomery a letter on Wednesday. The letter says his policy of helping straight couples adopt but refusing to provide gay and lesbian couples the same services violates the U.S. Constitution's equal protection clause.